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By the fall of 1864, Union commander Ulysses Grant had concluded that the surest way to end the Civil War was to decisively defeat the Confederate army of Robert E. Lee and the surest way to do that was to continue to drive on Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy.…
Read More »John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and is an adjunct professor of economics at Bentley University, contributes the following column which deserves to be read by everyone. ————————————- Where ignorance is bliss, ‘Tis folly to be wise Thomas Gray If ignorance is…
Read More »More views of the Francis Gate by Tony Sampas.
Read More »I’m starting to see some early indicators of a turnaround in real estate in the Greater Lowell region. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, it may not be the beginning of the end of the housing slump, but it could very well be the end of the beginning. Here at the end…
Read More »Tony Sampas ventured out to the Francis Gatehouse to photograph the ingenious gate designed by James B Francis that saved downtown Lowell from flooding on several occasions.
Read More »This coming Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 8 pm, Image Theater will present its sixth annual “Keep Your Kids at Home Naughty Readings” at The Old Court at the corner of Central and Middle Street in downtown Lowell. Organizers describe this event as “seven original ‘adult only’ plays that go…
Read More »Tony Sampas shares some close-ups of the old Central Fire Station at 45 Palmer Street.
Read More »After ten years of hosting and maintaining websites, I fully understand that unexpected problems do occur, so I have a bit of sympathy for Comcast over last evening’s massive outage of that company’s internet service. But not too much sympathy, because Comcast is, after all, a billion dollar company that…
Read More »The news that Middlesex County Sheriff James DiPaola died suddenly today was stunning and saddening. I’ll leave it to others to report on the circumstances of his passing but perhaps a short summary of his political career might be appropriate. Motivated by last week’s news of DiPaola’s retirement, I wrote…
Read More »Nancye Tuttle braved tonight’s cold to take in Lowell’s annual City of Lights parade. As she explains in her blog post about the parade, her effort was amply rewarded. She, and everyone she ran into, seemed to have a great time.
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